The geriatric depression scale is a self-reported screening survey to help detect depression in older adults. There’s a short version with 15 questions and a long version with 30. The geriatric ...

A brief, 3-question version of the widely used Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) may provide a faster, yet still accurate, way for physicians to screen for depression, new research suggests. In a ...

October is recognized globally as Depression Education and Awareness Month, a vital initiative dedicated to shedding light on a prevalent yet often misunderstood mental health condition. This month ...

Using a new laboratory method they developed, researchers from McGill University have identified nine molecules with elevated concentrations in the blood of teenagers diagnosed with depression. With ...

Spravato (esketamine) is a nasal spray used for depression and was approved by the FDA in 2019. It is specifically for treatment-resistant depression, meaning depression symptoms that have not gotten ...

According to a new study, depression might be going underdiagnosed in black Americans because the screening tests are biased towards white Americans. Despite the strides we’ve made in understanding ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc., (NASDAQ: MYGN), a leader in molecular diagnostic testing and precision medicine, today announced the publication of a new meta ...